"other dogs in Don's life, including the female golden retriever, Nellie, who also now appears with him on ""Gardeners World"". Nigel (dog) Nigel (born 17 May 2008) is a male golden retriever dog owned by Monty Don, a British television gardening presenter. Nigel is known for his appearances on the BBC Two gardening programme, ""Gardeners' World"", on which he is seen, with Don's other dog Nellie, following the presenter around his garden and sometimes playing with a tennis ball. Apart from his television appearances, Nigel has his own Twitter account. Nigel is popular with viewers who were concerned when he"
"begins with 160 meters). The contestant carries a red backpack containing several thousand pounds, which they keep if they successfully reach the end of the course before the dogs catch them. Reggie Yates presented the show from 2013 until 2017. He was replaced by BBC Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson from series 4. ""The Guardian"" described the pilot show as ""both great and stupid, which ticks the only television boxes you need to worry about."" The ""South Wales Argus"" was more scathing, saying the contestants appear ""to have been brought down by none other than Lassie"" and ""the pursuit carries"
"Adventure"" Marven states that he is ""usually teetotal"" when having a celebratory drink with a team of Chinese trackers who led him to see pandas close-up in the wild. Nigel Marven Nigel Marven (born 27 November 1960) is a British wildlife TV presenter, television producer, author and birdwatcher. He ran the 2008 London marathon in 4 hours 4 minutes to try to raise £20,000 for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society UK. Marven was born in Barnet but grew up in St. Albans. As a child he loved animals. His first pet was a hamster called Hummy. He kept stick"
"Nigel Marven Nigel Marven (born 27 November 1960) is a British wildlife TV presenter, television producer, author and birdwatcher. He ran the 2008 London marathon in 4 hours 4 minutes to try to raise £20,000 for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society UK. Marven was born in Barnet but grew up in St. Albans. As a child he loved animals. His first pet was a hamster called Hummy. He kept stick insects, boa constrictors and even an eel in a bath. When he was 15, he got young spectacled caiman too. He studied botany at Bristol University until the age"
"tennis ball and had exploded an intervertebral disc in his spine. He was treated with steroids by a local veterinary surgeon and was then taken to Noel Fitzpatrick, a vet specialising in extreme cases who treated him with hydrotherapy, drugs and physiotherapy. He recovered and resumed his television appearances. Don said that he chose his dog Nigel because the domestic dog signifies the good and bad in human relationships with nature; humans can prioritise fluffy animals over others. In September 2016 an autobiographical book entitled ""Nigel: my family and other dogs"" was published, telling the story of Nigel and the"
"One Man and His Dog One Man and His Dog is a BBC television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray Ollerenshaw. It was first aired on 17 February 1976 and continues today (since 2013) as a special annual edition of ""Countryfile"". In 1994, Robin Page replaced Drabble as the main presenter. Gus Dermody took over as commentator until 2012. At its peak, in the early 1980s, it attracted audiences in excess of eight million. The last regular series aired in 1999 on BBC Two;"
"leading into the game was a truncated version of ""Sing As We Go"", by Gracie Fields. Also a stalwart of the show was O'Grady's Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise cross dog, Buster, who appeared for a full five minutes at the start of each programme since the ITV incarnation of the show. On 10 January 2006, in an unexpected announcement, O'Grady said that he had decided to leave ITV for Channel 4, following a dispute between O'Grady and Granada Television (who made ""The Paul O'Grady Show"" for ITV) after Granada 'forgot' to renew O'Grady's ITV contract. O'Grady was believed to have left"
"series began airing on 20 April 2015 on ITV and ended on 29 May 2015. The show runs on weekdays, Monday to Friday, for one hour from 5:00 pm. Each episode follows O'Grady being introduced, walking to his desk with one of his pet dogs; originally Buster, a Shih Tzu and Bichon Frise cross, until his death shortly before the show originally ended in 2009, and Olga, a Cairn Terrier who has regularly appeared since the series returned in 2013. O'Grady reads out viewers' letters, sometimes with disgust at the things viewers have sent (which included vibrating soap, a viewer's"
"divided on the programme's blog. Since March 2011 he has been presenting the programme from his own garden (called ""Longmeadow"") in Herefordshire. He is frequently seen with his Golden Retriever Nigel, who has his own Twitter account. In 2016 Don also introduced viewers of BBC Gardeners' World to a new Golden Retriever called Nell (born 22 September 2015) who has her own Twitter account. In 2014 Don became the lead presenter for the BBC's flagship Chelsea Flower Show coverage, again replacing Titchmarsh who had anchored the coverage of the show for some 30 years. Don featured in the BBC programme"
"to the backbenches in 2013, Abbott appeared on a fortnightly basis, alternating with Johnson. Since her appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development in September 2015, she has rarely appeared, and the tradition of Labour MPs alternating in the spot has continued. Since 2013, Neil's golden retriever Miss Molly has also frequently appeared on the show, often walking in front of the camera during shots or choosing to sleep next to guests. Miss Molly's first appearance was coupled with an increase in ""This Week""'s ratings. Shown directly following ""Question Time"", ""This Week"" presents itself as a more laid-back"
"Nuno Markl Nuno Frederico Correia da Silva Lobato Markl (born 21 July 1971, Lisbon), known as Nuno Markl, is a Portuguese comedian, writer, radio host, television host, voice actor and screenwriter. Markl is well known in Portugal for his radio series ""O homem que mordeu o cão"" (""The man who bit the dog""). It started in 1997, when he joined Pedro Ribeiro, José Carlos Malato and Ana Lamy for the morning show at Rádio Comercial; in 2001, Malato and Lamy left, and were replaced by Maria de Vasconcelos. The radio series later spawned a TV show, and three books. Since"
"with the December 26 show. NBC began broadcasting the show nationally on July 2, 1951. The dog originally was named ""Little Nipper"" and resembled the mascot of the show's sponsor, RCA Victor which used a Dalmatian referred to as Little Nipper, but it was rechristened when RCA Victor dropped its sponsorship. Other major sponsors included Coca-Cola and the Walter H. Johnson Candy Company, makers of Powerhouse candy bars. The show aired on NBC until November 1952, and was seen on ABC beginning in December. The last telecast was seen on May 7, 1954. In January 1995, Ira Gallen resurrected the"
"The Underdog Show The Underdog Show was a six-week television series presented by Julian Clary and his dog, Valerie. The series was produced by the independent production company Splash Media. The show on BBC2 featured celebrities Julia Sawalha, Anton du Beke, Clive Anderson, Huey Morgan, Mishal Husain, Selina Scott, Kirsty Gallacher and Theo Paphitis pairing up with untrained rescue dogs for a Crufts-style competition. Every week, one duo was eliminated by a panel of three professional judges Kay Lawrence, Annie Clayton and Peter Purves and the viewers via telephone voting. The outgoing dog being put up for adoption to find"
"Hypnodog have appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including ""This Morning"" and ""Kelly"", and at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. The show was taken over in 2014 by Hugh's niece Krystyna Lennon and her dog Princess after his retirement in 2007. The duo are based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Hypnodog Hypnodog is a canine stage hypnotist act. Professional hypnotist Hugh Lennon discovered Oscar, a 10-month-old black Labrador Retriever puppy, on a farm in Yorkshire. Lennon states that initially he bought Oscar as a pet and brought him to shows for companionship, but ""one night I brought him on stage"
"on air. These guests have included a Dyson engineer (due to Jon's admiration of the Dyson Airblade handdryer), the current Sheriff of Nottingham, and the lady who coined the phrase ""a dog is for life, not just for Christmas"" for the Dog's Trust. As of June 2009, this feature no longer appeared on the show, but currently continues under a Christmas theme. Olvers Olvent Calendolv Mark Olver appears again with a Christmas themed version of 'Cheer Up Jon': guests so far have included the founder of Pets As Therapy, a British charity which uses pets to aid those in need."
"half-finished 'makes' from the show and half-dead pot plants disguised the fact something ground-breaking was happening in the cramped ""Blue Peter"" offices"". Leger published his book, ""Blue Peter: Behind the Badge"", on 5 November 2012, in collaboration with many of his former colleagues. The ""Blue Peter"" pets are the animals who regularly appear on the programme. These include dogs, cats, parrots and tortoises. Among the most recent ""Blue Peter"" Pets are two cats, one called Socks and one called Cookie; and one tortoise called Shelley. Dog Mabel retired on 30 March 2010 after 14 years on the show. Barney, a"
"minute programmes to be repeated and used as schedule fillers. Animal Park Animal Park is a BBC television documentary series about the lives of keepers and animals at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, England. The show is currently presented by Kate Humble and Ben Fogle, who replaced Paul Heiney in 2001. Jean Johansson has been a co-presenter since 2016. The first series of ""Animal Park"", originally broadcast in 2000 on BBC One, was presented by Kate Humble and Paul Heiney. In series two, Heiney was replaced by Ben Fogle. Altogether, there were nine series and 205 episodes of ""Animal Park"", with"
"2016 they announced the divorce. Nuno and Ana are well known advocates for children's and animal rights. Nuno Markl Nuno Frederico Correia da Silva Lobato Markl (born 21 July 1971, Lisbon), known as Nuno Markl, is a Portuguese comedian, writer, radio host, television host, voice actor and screenwriter. Markl is well known in Portugal for his radio series ""O homem que mordeu o cão"" (""The man who bit the dog""). It started in 1997, when he joined Pedro Ribeiro, José Carlos Malato and Ana Lamy for the morning show at Rádio Comercial; in 2001, Malato and Lamy left, and were"
"red setter-dachshund, made his TV debut on Tuesday 22 September 2009, and left four years later at the same time as his owner, presenter Helen Skelton. Lucy, a golden retriever, died aged 13 in late March 2011. In July 2013, Socks and Cookie made their final appearance in the studio in Salford, as (like Shelley the tortoise) they live in London, but they are still regarded as part of the programme team. Trained Guide Dog Iggy, who joined in 2014, still appears regularly. Since the 1970s, presenters have maintained a ""Blue Peter"" Garden. The first garden, which was designed by"
"televised ""Checkers speech"" named after his cocker spaniel, denying he had a slush fund but admitting, ""there is one thing that I did get as a gift that I'm not going to give back."" The gift was a black-and-white cocker spaniel, Checkers, given to his daughters. Although there had been talk of Nixon being dropped from the ticket, following his speech he received an increase in support and Mamie Eisenhower reportedly recommended he stay because he was ""such a warm person."" Animal lovers were upset when President Lyndon B. Johnson was photographed picking his two Beagle dogs named Him and"
"aired on Living instead of BBC Two. It was hosted by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden-Smith. Raef, Jason, Brian and Kevin all adopted the dogs that they were paired with. The numbers in brackets e.g. (10th) denote the final position the celebrity finished in, not the order they were eliminated. The Underdog Show The Underdog Show was a six-week television series presented by Julian Clary and his dog, Valerie. The series was produced by the independent production company Splash Media. The show on BBC2 featured celebrities Julia Sawalha, Anton du Beke, Clive Anderson, Huey Morgan, Mishal Husain, Selina Scott, Kirsty"
"Animal Park Animal Park is a BBC television documentary series about the lives of keepers and animals at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, England. The show is currently presented by Kate Humble and Ben Fogle, who replaced Paul Heiney in 2001. Jean Johansson has been a co-presenter since 2016. The first series of ""Animal Park"", originally broadcast in 2000 on BBC One, was presented by Kate Humble and Paul Heiney. In series two, Heiney was replaced by Ben Fogle. Altogether, there were nine series and 205 episodes of ""Animal Park"", with the last episode originally airing on 25 March 2009. The"
"one of the commentators (replaced by Andy Jackman). For the 2014 competition, broadcast within the 28 September edition of ""Countryfile"", Baker co-presented with Helen Skelton. The 2015 competition was broadcast on 27 September 2015 and presented by Baker and Ellie Harrison. The 2017 competition, presents by Baker and Charlotte Smith, was broadcast on 24 September 2017, and saw the reinstatement of the Brace round. One Man and His Dog One Man and His Dog is a BBC television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray"
"horses. The current animals on the show are Shelley the tortoise and Iggy the trainee guide dog puppy. Rags, a pony, named by viewers, was purchased with the proceeds of a Christmas appeal in the late 1970s as a Riding for the Disabled horse. The ""Blue Peter"" parrot—Joey, and one successor, Barney—featured in the 1960s, but when Barney, a blue-fronted amazon, died, he was not replaced. In a 1986 documentary shown on BBC2 as part of the ""Did You See...?"" series, former presenter Peter Purves recalled that Biddy Baxter, the show's editor, had called him in floods of tears on"
"Garret. He also has 3 dogs: a yellow Labrador named Rocky, a mixed breed named Yoshi, and a Siberian Husky named Sparky. David Kaplan (radio) David Kaplan is an American columnist, radio and television personality who currently hosts ""Kap and Co."" on ESPN 1000. He also co-hosts ""Sports Talk Live"", a daily sports roundtable discussion show on NBC Sports Chicago. Kaplan grew up in Skokie, Illinois and is a graduate of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. He was an assistant on head coach John McDougal's staff at Northern Illinois University from"
"version of the show broadcast on BBC Three Counties Radio was scrapped and a joint version was launched on 28 June that year, after a trial show on the Easter Monday. The show is simulcast across both stations, with only the hourly news coming from each station. A clip from the show have been used on Scott Mills' BBC Radio 1 show feature 'Innuendo Bingo'. This is due to various fictional characters, who are used as a constant innuendo on the show. Les, who is the question-master, owns a dog named 'Dick' and a wife called 'Linda'. Other characters include"
"The Dog Ate My Homework (TV series) The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Iain Stirling and stars Chris Lawrence as Mr Smash and Ian West, previously Stephanie Fulton, as The Dog. The series previously starred Susan Morrison as a Dinner Lady and a School Nurse. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC that began on 17 January 2014. A panel of two celebrities (usually comedians or CBBC stars) and a child doing various games and tasks. Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, a Christmas special aired on 16 December"
"Willy (EastEnders) Willy (also Rasputin) is a fictional dog from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Willy is a Pug, who appears in the first episode of the programme on 19 February 1985 and remains in the show until 14 May 1992. Willy is Ethel Skinner's (Gretchen Franklin) constant companion. She rarely appears on-screen without him tucked under her arm. He was named after her late husband, William Skinner (Ian Brimble). There were various innuendo-laden references to Willy. Ethel's famous lines being either, ""Where's my Willy?"" or, in a double entendre, ""Has anyone seen my Willy?"" Willy can often be quite"
"dog shows in the United States, along with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship and the Westminster Dog Show. Winners may be invited to compete at Crufts. As with all AKC conformation shows, mixed-breed dogs are not eligible to participate. The show is nationally televised (on tape delay) in the United States on NBC every Thanksgiving; the show airs after the network's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and airs at noon in all time zones. Actor John O'Hurley and American Kennel Club judge David Frei host, and the show's presenting sponsor is Nestlé Purina PetCare. National Dog Show The National"
"Animal Spies! Animal Spies! is a CITV programme first aired on the launch day of the CITV channel, 11 March 2006. The programme tells fictional stories about animals, using real footage with actors voicing over. ""Animal Spies!"" is currently on its second series. ""Freddy (voiced by Lenny Henry) An optimistic mouse who likes exploring. Freddy lives inside the Globe in the boy's bedroom and jumps out when he is gone. He often laughs when Toady gets Mad. Ted (voiced by Ricky Tomlinson) A lazy Teddy Bear who is somewhat dim-witted. He and Toady often argue which results in them falling"
"Mongrels (TV series) Mongrels is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled ""Mongrels Uncovered"" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second and final series of ""Mongrels"" began airing on 7 November 2011. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox (voiced by Rufus Jones, performed by Andy Heath); Destiny, an Afghan hound (voiced by Lucy Montgomery, performed by Richard Coombs"
"most BBC presenters spoke with Received Pronunciation (RP), Noakes's broad Yorkshire accent was a novelty. Noakes usually fulfilled the role of action man in the series. Highlights included free-fall parachuting with the RAF's Flying Falcons display team and bobsleighing (his sled hit a hole in the ice and turned over, injuring him). After his five-mile-high free-fall with the RAF in 1973, he held the record for the longest free-fall parachute jump by a British civilian for a time. Noakes was encouraged to take special responsibility for one of the show's pets. His original dog was Patch, the son of Petra,"
"are a lion named Llew (""Lion""), an elephant named Plwmp (""Direct/Blunt"" or ""Plump""), a small fuchsia-coloured bird named Deryn (""Bird""), a giraffe named Jangl, a bulldog named Bolgi (""Glutton"", and a play on the Welsh for Dog), and the channel mascot, Cyw (""Chick""), a small female chick. Cyw is a commercial channel, in the same format as its parent, S4C, and thus also features a break bumper consisting of the word ""Cyw"" disappearing gradually off the screen. The end of break bumper is the direct reverse, with the word rebuilding itself back onto the screen. Presenters currently are Huw Owen"